Another New Dress!July 24, 2012
First things first: the winner of last post's draw was Louisa S! Congrats, and you've been notified by email. Thanks for playing, all!
Second, I made a sewing area! We have a front porch that has been used for storage, and it was TRASHED. I realized that my dream of actually having a place to sew could be realized on the cheap. The machine table was nineteen bucks from Ikea, the chair fifteen, and I put our two card tables together to form a cutting area (the second table is up on blocks, decks of cards, to make it exactly the same height as the other table. It works. It's awesome.
And I just made a dress! The Rita dress that I was talking about! Pictures don't do this justice because it is as sparkly as a dress can be. It cost about eight dollars (sale fabric!), and it either looks VERY expensive or VERY tacky, and I'm not sure which is true. Don't care, though, 'cause I feel like a million bucks in it.
Adah, self-petting
Some sparkle, closer to what it looks like:
Except multiply the sparkle times a thousand. Oh, the fun! Whee! (Also, I'm knitting, I promise.)
where's the "LIKE" button!
I LOVE IT!
Posted by: Robin | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 13:37
I say it looks VERY expensive. Great job!
Posted by: Cindi | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 15:25
Well, it doesn't look tacky, so by process of elimination... :D
Posted by: Stardancer | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 15:47
Love the dress! Have fun!
Posted by: Erica | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 17:41
Love the dress! NOT tacky!
Posted by: Dawn | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 17:56
Is that Roy Rogers on your wall?! LOVE!! :D
Oh, and I also love sparkly dresses.....
Posted by: Deborah | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 20:52
Yay for having a sewing area! And double yay for such a cute and totally flattering dress!
Posted by: toni in florida | Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 22:16
You so cute! The dress is cute, too,eh? mwah!
Posted by: caroline aka FiberTribe | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 00:37
Regarding the dreaded re-threading. Just remembered my overlocker (serger) has a threading guide printed on an acetate sheet so you can hold it up in front of your machine to follow track of threading, each one in different colour. It is really brilliant. If you haven't got one perhaps you could photocopy from your manual onto an overhead projector transparency. Just a thought. Happy serging :o)
Posted by: NZ Robyn | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 03:32
Love the dress, definitely not tacky! Can't go wrong with sparkly and the style and fit are perfect for you. And congrats on the new sewing area - nice to have a "place," isn't it?
Posted by: Sally at Rivendale Farms | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 05:06
i love the dress great shape!
Posted by: Brandi | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 07:34
I'm not sure which to be more impressed by--the gorgeous dress or the sewing area. Good work on both!
Posted by: Bonnie | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 09:47
I want a dress like that! Not the sparkly, but the rest of it - looks great, and I bet it's comfortable too.
You will SHINE at the RITAs my dear ~ wish I could be there to tell you so in person!
Posted by: Lee | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 10:58
Awesome!
Posted by: Daisy | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 19:50
So exciting! So jealous! I actually have a sewing area, but it also does double duty as the laundry area and the "dump this until I figure out what to do with it area". So anytime I want to sew I have to spend 1/2 a day picking up and putting things away!
Posted by: Marie | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 22:38
Having a sewing area is so awesome...I'm in the process of re-organizing my studio/study space now that I'm starting midwifery school, and the sewing machines have to fight for space with stacks of textbooks. Still, so happy to have a space of my own to do with as I please.
Posted by: Lyssa | Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 10:32
beeeeautiful!!!!!!!
Posted by: Gina | Friday, July 27, 2012 at 14:47
Now hang on there, missy... if I recall, didn't you say that sewing was a naked business - and now you're doing it on the porch... oh my!
Your dress is beautiful - and I want proof of the knitting... lol.
Posted by: AmyS | Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 10:12
I just love your personality. Thanks for making me smile.
Posted by: Sandra Cunningham | Monday, July 30, 2012 at 11:09
I'm so glad you're sewing and have a serger! You think it's fast? Wait til you try an industrial machine. ZOOM!!! I have a serger but not the industrial (some day...).
That's a really cute dress, it looks expensive. I used to sew all the time. In the 80s in the midwest it was impossible to find stage clothes that looked as cool as the glam rockers in LA had, so I learned to draft my own patterns and made everything. Spandex. Never again.
Haven't been sewing as much, though I found a gorgeous pattern for a couture jacket (that means hair canvas and hand stitched details) that is on my Bucket List.
Posted by: Jeanne B | Monday, July 30, 2012 at 17:02
SHINY! :D
Posted by: Roobeedoo | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 08:44
I just finished reading "A Life in Stitches" and loved it. I had to come on over and say hey.
Your dress is great looking - oh, but what steals it is the cat rubbing up against your hand!!
Hugs,
Kay
Posted by: 505whimsygirl | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 10:56